Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1586, John Fitch, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Fitch, John Barbara
W 1586
CONTENTS

3506.
East Tennessee
John Fitch
Sullivan in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Compy: commanded by Captain Lisle of the Regt commanded by Col: Crawford in the Va: line for 11 months from 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 36 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Dec r 32 and sent to Hon: J. Plain, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 54.99 Pension allowance ending Mar: 33 - 18.33
$73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 9 - Page 100.-

Number Tennessee. 692.
Barbara Fitch widow of John Fitch
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private 11 months Virginia Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Nov 1830 and sent to
Sam e Rhea Blountville Tenn.
Report
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 181 Vol. 1-2

5691
John Litch Fitch
from — private 11 months, net $ 36. 66 / 100
Feb 1. 2. 7-
E
 36.66  18.33   54.99 
Dec 17
P.M.
John Blair Somersboro' Tenn

5891
BRIEF in the case of John Pitch  County of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Draft roll In 17 _____ 6 _____ private Gen. Gist, Col. Crawford,   Vol. _____ 3 _____ " Gen. Mac Intosh -   Vol. 1780 _____ 2 _____ " Capt. Brashears, Col. Sevier   _____ _____  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkely City Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee ss. Sullivan County ss.
On this seventh day of January 1850 personally appeared before me Joseph Newland an acting justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, Barbara Fitch a Resident of said County aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Fitch deceased who was a pensioner, drawing a pension of thirty six Dollars per year when he died, and that she was married to him the said John Fitch in the month of August 1795. She further declares she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Joseph Newland J Peace
Barbara Fitch mark
I Joseph Newland an acting justice of the peace for the County of Sullivan aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Barbara Fitch the above named applicant during the last thirty years, and know her to be the widow of John Fitch deceased, who drew an annual pension of thirty six Dollars having been a private soldier in the revolutionary war. Given under my hand the day & year above written
Joseph Newland J Peace

Territory of the United States of America South of the river Ohio Sullivan County
Know all men by these presents, that we John Fitch and Benjamin Washburn are held and firmly bound to William Stowe Esquire Governor in and over the territory a- foresaid in the penal sum of six hundred pounds to be void on condition that there is no lawful objection to the marriage to be celebrated between the above bound John Fitch and Barbara Waddell. Witness our hands and seals this 5 th day of August A. Dom. 1795.
Seal
M c Pherson Secy
John Fitch Benj. Washburn
State of Tennessee, I Thomas P. Hood Clerk of the County Sullivan County & County Court for said County do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original bond of John Fitch & Barbara Waddell as now filed in the County Court Clerk's office in Blountville. Witness my hand of office in Blountville this 8 th day of January 1850 Thos P. Hood Clerk

State of Tennessee § Personally Appeared Sullivan County § before me Joseph Newland an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State James S. Hughes & Ephraim H. Butler, and made oath in due form of law, that they have been acquainted with Barbary Fitch from twenty five to thirty years, and that they believe the facts stated by her in the foregoing affidavit are true Sworn to & subscribed before me January 7 th 1850
James S. Hughes Ephraim H. Butler
Joseph Newland J. Peace
State of Tennessee § Tho. P. Ford clerk of the county court Sullivan County § for said county do hereby certify that Joseph Newland Esq. whose name appears to the above affidavits and certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in said county duly commissioned according to law and that his signature appears in his own proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts Witness my hand of office in Blountville this 8 th day of January 1850. Tho. P. Ford Clerk

State of Tennessee I R P Rhea Esq Chairman of the Sullivan County County Court for said County do hereby certify that Tho P Ford is Clerk of our said Court duly Elected and qualified according to law and that his certificate appears in due form of law Given under my hand and private seal having no seal of office this 6 th day of January 1850
Robt P Rhea Seal Chairman of Court
State of Tennessee I Tho P Ford Clerk of the County Court Sullivan County I'm and for said County do hereby certify That R P Rhea Esq Chairman of our said Court duly Elected according to law and that full Faith and Credit are due all his official acts and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office in Blountville this 6 th day of January 1850 Tho P Ford Clerk of the County Court

10.9.46 NW 10946 Fitch
Declaration
Barbara Fitch
Tenn.
city July 31
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]
Hm Andw Johnson Greenville Tenn.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows
State of Tennessee On this 10 th day of April, 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said county Miss Barbary Fitch a Resident of the county and state aforesaid aged 76 years the 23 rd December next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress past July the 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain to certain widows that she is the widow of John Fitch who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that he served Capt John Leiles Company of Virginia Militia 6 th Crawford's Regiment for which service the said John Fitch drew a pension of $36.66 per annum during his natural life Declarant further declares that she was married to the above named John Fitch on the 11 th Eleventh day of August seventeen hundred and ninety three that her husband the aforesaid John Fitch died on the 11 th day of April 1840 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but she was married to him previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated that she still remains a widow sworn to and subscribed on the day her Barbary Fitch mark (3a 2 ) and year above written before me a Justice of the peace for said county and I further certify that the said Mrs Barbary Fitch is from bodily infirmity unable to attend

court and I further certify that full faith and credit is due Mrs Barbary Fitch's statements in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the tenth day of April Eighteen hundred and forty four
Reuben Duncan Esq. Justice of the peace
we Residents of the county of Sullivan and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Miss Barbary Fitch who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration that she is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where she resides and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written
Thos Anderson Esq. Thos. Hale Esq.
State of Tennessee Sullivan County } ss
May Term 1844 County court the declaration of Mrs Barbary Fitch certified on the 10 day of April 1844 by Reuben Duncan a Justice of the peace for said County being submitted to the court the said court doth approve his proceedings and acts in said case and hereby direct the clerk to endorse the approval on the papers
State of Tennessee Sullivan County } ss
I Jacob T. Messick clerk of the county court of Sullivan county do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings are the original proceedings had and approved of by the county court of Sullivan County at its May term 1844 relative to the declaration of Mrs Barbary Fitch to obtain the benefit of the acts of congress relative to revolutionary pensions and I further certify that the affiant Reuben Duncan is and was a Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law and the signature purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Blountville this the 9th day of may 1844.
Jacob J. Messick clerk
I Benjamin LeGoakley chairman of the county court of Sullivan County do hereby certify that Jacob J. Messick is clerk of the county court of Sullivan County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine this the 6th day of may 1844
Benjamin LeGoakley chairman of the County court of Sullivan County

Gloucester May 10. 1880
Col. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir,
the Agent of Mrs. Fitch — At the request of Colonel H. — It is rather awkwardly done up — (our clerk a new hand) — It is hoped that it will answer.
I know several of the children of the old lady — I also knew the old man to be a pensioner and I have no reason to doubt but that his state- ment is correct and that she is worthy — Indeed every circumstance confirms it — I am well acquainted with En. Shaw and Joseph Newland — They lived neigh- bors to the old man Fitch for many years — Their Certificate is to be relied on.
Yours Afft. Servt.
S. and Rhea
I understand that Mrs. Fitch has filed some papers in your office — previous to this. — SR

State of Tennessee } August 1 st 1832. Sullivan County }
On the 21 st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, John Fitch aged seventy two, (as well as he knows) and a resident citizen of said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. To wit. that on Berkeley County Virginia during the Revolutionary war, about the 15 th of September, the year not recollecting he was drafted for a six months tour of duty in the Virginia Militia, under Capt. Lytle, and was marched from Martinsburg beyond the Ohio River against the Shawnee Indians, under the Command of Genl. McIntosh and Col. Crawford. and was there engaged in indian warfare, for the full period of his six months, and returned home after having driven the indians, and was discharged, by Genl. McIntosh in the indian territory now Ohio . which was casually burned on the burning of his brother's house with whom he resided. That after his return home from that service he remained at home and again volunteered his services to go to Winchester Virginia to guard the prisoners, taken to that place for safe keeping, and

performed that duty and was in that service three months when an exchange took place and he returned home after which about the winter of 1780. he removed to the frontiers of North Carolina (now Tennessee), and settled on the Holston, and the Cherokee Indians being allies of Great Britain & in hostility killing the Alleghens on the frontier, he volunteered to go out on an expedition against said Indians for two months under Col. Sevier, and Brashier, the captain, in the whole service which he performed being eleven months in the whole, of actual service, and the except of time returning from Ohio. over his six months. That he has no documentary evidence nor is there any witness by whom he can establish the fact of his services. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the roll of any pension agency in any state
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year first written
We Samuel Hughs Clergyman 3 John Fitch & William Rutledge
residing in the family of Sullivan do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Fitch who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration & believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier, of the revolution & we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed in open court. 21 st August 1832 Samuel Hughs Wm Rutledge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and that Samuel Hughes is a minister of the Gospel and William Rutledge a citizen of said County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. The Court do further certify that after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept. that the county opinion is that the applicant served in the manner stated by him.
John Fletcher claim for pension under act of 1832
J Richard Netherland Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the application of John Fletcher for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th August 1832
Richard Netherland Clerk By J.W. Netherland D e Clerk
I am intimately acquainted with John Fletcher & know him to be reputable & as far as my earliest recollections of him been a citizen of said District in which he made the declaration.
Mar 18 th 1832
Geo Blair M.P. 1 st Congressional District
PS returned in the Court's certificate "county opinion is that the" by me before presented for authentication — J Blair

Dev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
15-86
Barbara Fitch
Widow
John Fitch
Pr. Rec. War
Act:
July 24, 1848
Index:—Vol.
Q
Page
286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
10. 996
Barbara Fitch
Tenn
Suit pending
Letter to Hon. A. Johnson 10. June 1844 " " Sam Sept 2 d . 1844.
" " Rice Duncan, May 3 d 45. " " J. V. Wilson Nov. 4th 45 " " Hon. Andrew Johnson Feb. 4/50 " " " " " " 13/50
Act 7 th July '08

State of Tennessee
Sullivan County on this 17th day of March 1845 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace personally appeared Barbary Fitch a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy three years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following affidavit that she is the widow of John Fitch who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and afterwards a pensioner at the rate of 36 66 per annum and she further declares that she made a declaration for a pension same time in the spring of 1844 but for want of proof of the marriage as she understands the pension was suspended she further declares that she was married to the above named John Fitch by Esqr Gancy in this Sullivan County on the 11th day of August 1793 and she further declares that her husband the above named John Fitch was a man of not much learning and never kept any Record of the marriage and that the Reason why she recollects the date of the marriage as well is by the birth of her oldest son and she further declares that she has caused the Records of the County Court to be searched for her marriage bond on license but owing to the imperfect manner in which they have been kept neither can be found.
her Barbary Fitch mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and I further certify that full faith and credit is due the statements of Barbara Fitch and I further certify that I have searched the County Court records of this Sullivan County for the marriage bond of Barbara Fitch but owing to the imperfect manner in which they were kept I was unable to obtain the bond or licence In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of March 1845
State of Tennessee
Sullivan County } ss
Rice Duncan Justice of the peace
I Jacob I. Mespick Clerk of the County Court of Sullivan County do hereby certify that by Request I have strictly examined the Records of my office for the marriage bond and licence of Barbara Fitch but owing to the imperfect manner in which they have been kept I was un- able to obtain the bond or licence and I further certify that Rice Duncan is and was at the time of signing the within a Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that full faith and credit is given to his offi- cial acts and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Blountville this 18th March 1845 Jacob I Mespick Clerk

Oct. 27, 1845.
Rev. Mr. Fitch
James
The Honourable
J. L. Edwards
Washington
D. C.

Dear Sir-
State of Tennessee Sullivan County October 18 th 1845
By the request of Old Mrs Fitch I will inform you that the old lady has made application for a pension but has not obtained any thing as yet she employed Mr Duncan to get it for her but he has failed to get it now since she has found out how he acted in getting Mrs Krutsingers so basely she has lost all confidence in him and says that he shall never try again for her. I suppose if the poor old woman would have got as large a pension as Mrs Krutsingen did he would have strove harder to get it for her I suppose he lacks making the proof of identity strong enough I want you to write me an answer in the next letter you write to me and Maggart what is the cause and if it can be so fixed as to get a small pension allowed it would afford me much pleasure to think I could be the means of obtaining any thing to relieve the poor old woman there is no doubt in the world but old Mrs Fitch is as justly entitled to a pension as any other applicant ever was she is miserably poor and old age and poverty both are disagreeable companions it is the wish of every person who knows any thing pertaining to her that she should succeed in getting it for she and her husband has always been counted honest worthy citizens although they were always poor. The old woman told me that Duncan told her that he was empowered by the county court of

Sullivan and J. L. Edwards to draw pensions for the wives of Revolution pensioners and if he could not draw for them no body else ever could at her request I demanded her papers of him he says they are at the department she says she relies more in my honesty and integrity than she does in my smartness I can safely say that it is the love and veneration I have for my country even willing to defend its rights that prompted me to inform you of the fraud that I did. I will now proceed to let you know that old Mrs. Fitch lives within five miles of where she was married and never has lived more than ten miles from that place since she was married I suppose Mrs. Duncan probably made out her declaration correct if it is not I want you to write particularly what is lacking and if I can consistent with Justice remedy the defect I will do it. There is only one living witness in my knowing that saw her and the old man mar- ried but there are several respectable witnesses who heard Abner Hughes say he saw them married and even showed the place where the house set in which they were married it is my belief that the reason there is no recorded proof of their marriage is that at that time magistrates were scarce here and some of them were empowered to issue license by the clerk and the one they was married by did not do his duty that failure in him would render it impossible to obtain recorded proof of their marriage I am a poor ignorant clodhopper you may see by the letter I have written to you please accept assurances of my love and esteem for you as the guardian friend of our everbeloved country J. L. Wilson

March 26, 1895.
Adelphi car
Friday Mar. 29
Bloomsville I.
Mar. 20
Mr. J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
From

Mountville Jan Mch 18. 1845 Mr J. L. Edwards
Sir Enclosed you will find affidavit of Warbary Fitch & Certificate of P. T. Mupsick Clerk County Court for Sullivan County - it is the most satisfactory evidence that can be produced in this case Please examine & forward your Certificate & oblige Yours Respectfully Price Duncan

No 818. Barbara Fitch, wid. of John Furn Acc 29 - July - 1848 Id. Pri. 11 mo $36.66 per ann. from 4 - Mch. 1848
Certificate sent to Sam l . Rhea Blountville Tenn.

Pension Office, Nov. 2, 1850.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 th inst. you are referred to mine to you of the 21 st which contains all the information in full.

State of Tennessee Sullivan County
On this the 11 th day of April 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County M c Henry Maggart a resident of Sullivan County and state of Tennessee aged 57 years in October next and after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he is well acquainted with Barbary Fitch who resides in this Sullivan County and well acquainted her husband John Fitch up to the time of his death. Affiant further declares that he well recollects the time of the marriage of the above named John Fitch Barbary Fitch his wife that he saw them together as man and wife on the 11 th Eleventh day of August nineteen hundred and thirty three that the above named John Fitch and Barbary Fitch lived together as man and wife ever since the marriage up to the time of the death of the above said John Fitch that the above named Barbary Fitch yet remains a widow that full faith and credit is due M c Barbary Fitch's statements in witness whereof I have set my hand and the day and year above written.
Henry Maggart
Sworn to and subscribed on the year and day above written before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for Sullivan County in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 11 th day of April 1844
Rice Duncan (Seal) Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Sullivan County
On this the 1 st day of March 1844 personally appeared before before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said coun- ty M rs Mary Gains aged 73 years the 26 December next and a resident of the county and state aforesaid and after being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on her oath make the following affidavit that she is well acquainted with M rs Barbary Fitch who resides in this Sullivan County and well acquainted with her husband John Fitch up to the time of his death affirm further declares that she well Recollects the time of the marriage of the above named John Fitch and Barbary Fitch his wife that they were  they were married by a Clergy in Sullivan County on the 11 Eleventh day of August seventeen hundred and ninety three the above named couple lived together ever since as man and wife up to the time of the death of the above named John Fitch that the above named Barbary Fitch is yet a widow that full faith and credit is due M rs Barbary Fitch's statement.
Mary Gains
sworn to and subscribed on the year and day above written before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County and state aforesaid in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 1 st day of May 1844
Wm Duncan Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee } Sullivan County }
On this the sixth day of May 1850 personally appeared before the County Court of said County Barbara Fitch a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848 Viz, that she is the surviving widow of John Fitch, late of Sullivan County aforesaid, deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and afterwards drew a pension from Government during a period of ten or twelve years previous to his death which occurred the 11th day of April 1840 or about that time that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the 2nd January 1800 Viz in August 1795 she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never obtained a pension and that she has no other documentary evidence in support of her claim than what has been already transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me Tho P S and Clerk of the County Court of Barbara Fitch mark Sullivan County
We John Shaver and Joseph Newland do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Barbara Fitch the foregoing applicant for a pension that she is really the widow of John Fitch dec'd and that her declarations set forth above are true and in accordance with the facts of the case, as we believe
Subscribed before me Thos P S and Clerk
John Shaver Joseph Newland

State of Tennessee } Sullivan County }
On this the sixth day of May 1850 personally appeared before the county Court of said County Barbara Fitch a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848 viz, that she is the surviving widow of John Fitch, late of Sullivan County aforesaid, deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and afterwards drew a pension from Government during a period of ten or twelve years previous to his death which occurred the 11th day of April 1840 or about that time that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the 2nd January 1800 viz in August 1795 she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never obtained a pension and that she has no other documentary evidence in support of her claim than what has been already transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me Tho P. S. Clerk of the County Court of Barbara Fitch her mark Sullivan County
We John Shaver and Joseph Newland do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Barbara Fitch the foregoing applicant for a pension that she is really the widow of John Fitch dec d and that her declarations set forth above are true and in accordance with the facts of the case, as we believe
Subscr. to before me Tho P. S. Clerk
John Shaver Joseph Newland

State of Tennessee Sullivan County.
I Thomas P Ford Clerk of the County Court in and for said County and State. do hereby certify. that the foregoing declaration or affidavit of Barbary Fitch. was made before me in Open Court on the day it bears date. — I also certify that the affidavit of John Shaver and Joseph Newland as above set forth. was also made in Open Court on the 6 th of May 1850. and that the said Shaver and Newland are entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office — This 10 th day of May 1850. in Blountville.
Thos P Ford Clerk

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Litch which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____ XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____ XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____ XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 4
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
‡ QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.